Response - Ethics and Earth Responsibility

 
Toitu te whenua,  whatungarongaro  te tangata.     We may pass on, but the land will always remain.

 
Let's Take Care of the Water Continent

Toitu te whenua, whatungarongaro te tangata.
We may pass on, but the land will always remain.
 

 
"Let's Take Care of Aotearoa-New Zealand and the Planet"

We can all agree that this is a good idea, yet the question remains 'How do we achieve its realisation?'
 
The people best suited to answer this are those most invested in its outcome. The youth of today are our future leaders, it is essential they be empowered and equipped for future challenges.
 

Lets Take Care of Aotearoa-NZ,  Brazil, the Planet
 
Over the past five years or so there has been an amazing role out of an environmental education programme in Brazil called 'Lets Take Care of Brazil'. This is a brief outline of the Lets Take Care Programme and New Zealand's connection to it.
 

 
Brisbane, Australia. December 2009.
A Science Technology and Society conference brought an opportunity to activate new contacts for the Across Oceania network by preparing a presentation for the conference and visiting an 'ecotechnology' scientist, Callum Coats with whom we have been associated for many years.  Callum is experimenting with using energy enhancing technologies, such as spirals inserted into water pipes, to test the beneficial effects for plant growth.
Photo - Callum Coats beside growing tunnel with energy enhancing technologies.

 
Vanuatu. 29 Nov - 6 Dec 2009.
Summary
A visit to Vanuatu  was hosted by a Ni Vanuatu women known to us though her studies at a university in new Zealand. We found that women are bearing large burdens of extended family responsibilities - and that in urban areas there are added pressures of financial responsibility upon women who have jobs.

 
 
The Charter in South Australia - from Betsan
                                                                                                       September 2009
 

WATERSCAPE
Watersheds and Responsible Governance
A COLLABORATION ON WATER & THE WATERWAYS OF LIFE

 
An Assembly on Watersheds and Responsible Governance:

Aotearoa-New Zealand 2009